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We received clear guidance maybe last year to keep the flag down until the OSP plays/touches the ball unless it looks like the attacker and the keeper may collide, then raise it to avoid the collision.

Today I was Assistant Referee (AR) and the attacking player was in an offside position. A long ball was played. The attacker was chasing after it. I was running with the play getting ready to raise my flag once she played/touched the ball but, before that happened, the defender outran the...

So as the law stands now....If a player (Jim) is able to say balance the ball on his foot for a second and his teammate (John) is in an offside position when he (Jim) gets the ball balanced but his teammate (John) then comes back onside and the teammate (Jim) then "flicks" the ball up and over a...

I did read the law. I didn't understand it, so I asked.

Thanks. Of all things to clarify. Appreciate the quick response.

They added this language to Law 11...*The first point of contact of the ‘play’ or ‘touch’ of the ball should be used; however, when the ball is thrown by the goalkeeper, the last point of contact should be used. Can someone explain what this means and maybe provide an example of what this is...

Isn't wearing tape just fine as long as it's not covering jewelry?

Oh crap. Sorry about that. I thought you were were answering bester's scenario. I got confused! Thanks

In this situation described above, the opponent would have tapped the ball into the goal. If the opponent was not threatening to score and the ball just trickled in, the restart would be a corner kick. But in this case, the GK handled the ball after a restart before it touched another player to...

I thought it would be DOGSO... If the goalkeeper handles the ball inside their penalty area when not permitted to do so, an indirect free kick is awarded but there is no disciplinary sanction. However, if the offence is playing the ball a second time (with or without the hand/arm) after a...

The rules analyst stated that the referee did the correct thing in letting play continue because 1) Denmark player hit a Denmark player and 2) Germany was immediately in a goal scoring opportunity. Side drop ball question using this scenario....let's say Danish defender hit a German attacker in...

Late in yesterday's match, there was PK called for a high boot that the referee thought had made contact with Muller as Muller was trying to head the ball. Referee reviewed the play and overturned the PK because he determined there was no contact. The restart was a drop ball to the goal keeper...

So what do you take away from this response? What did it clarify? They say it's "usually considered"? What is IFAB's position on it?

How do you all handle "religious bracelets" or "religious exclusions" or medical alert bracelets? Do just require them to be taped down...even though the Laws say that jewelry can't be taped down?

I once was AR for a center referee who spoke Spanish and spoke hardly any English....and I don't speak any Spanish. The match went fine until he called a penalty and there wasn't a penalty spot and he was trying to ask me how far away the penalty mark should be. I had no idea what he was trying...

Because you determined it was DOGSO but played advantage and the advantage materialized, but then the defender fairly challenged for and won the ball, I believe you would let play continue until the next ball out and then caution the defender for USB (the downgrade for DOGSO).

It is interesting that the Laws do not say the ball must be on the ground for a goal kick. It only says the ball must be stationary. Maybe if the goal keeper holds the ball very very steady and kicks it (or a teammate kicks it), it will meet the LOTG. Joking of course.

Yes, I was more thinking about when there is contact and when it's just a foul, when it's considered reckless, and when it's considered excessive? I was saying that I feel any contact to the head/neck area is at least reckless and, as @JamesL said above, a kick to the face with blood was an easy...

So a fellow referee reached out to me about bicycle kicks and, although I've been reffing a few years, I've never had a player kick someone while doing a bicycle kick. Although they "are permissible if not dangerous", I feel like, if the foot during a bicycle kick is anywhere near a player's...

Related...I see a lot of referees enforcing a 10 yard zone around dropped balls and players not questioning it.